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- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
negotiations regularly culminated with the seller going from buyer to buyer extracting successively higher prices. The students adhered to the letter of my rules, but the auctions looked a lot like... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
we offer a unique way of using the Internet to maximize efficiency for both the buyers and the sellers," says Priceline cofounder Timothy G. Brier (MBA '75). Brier calls Priceline a pioneer in a technique called "demand collection," in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Yla Eason (MBA 1977)
would be difficult. But the toy business is a serious, cutthroat industry. Later, my experience building Olmec Toys would be documented in an HBS case. I was working as an editor at Standard and Poor’s when I started Olmec. I had no direct experience in consumer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Evergreen Business
of the 125-acre property. From there, “it can literally take half a day to buy a tree,” says Kok. The leisurely pace is all part of the purchase price—which starts at $85 for a six-foot fir or spruce. Only about 25 percent of US live-tree View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
visit to the Royal FloraHolland Flower Market. Image source: the authors. The Buying Process: From Growers to Buyers In the warehouse, every flower cart is assigned to a designated buyer. Warehouse employees, equipped with headsets, play... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
on consumers, platform managers, and policymakers. Martha Lagace: What piqued your interest in this research? Chiara Farronato: I study market design choices of online platforms from eBay to Airbnb. Online platforms help match many fragmented View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
itself. ©iStock/Nina Piatrouskaya Pitching an idea before actually producing a product can be advantageous to an entrepreneur because of the possibility of early and ongoing feedback from a seasoned buyer. By using this approach, the seller avoids wasting time and... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Creating more effective content across all media
Associate Professor Thales Teixeira’s research into the economics of attention explores the ways in which companies can better communicate with buyers of goods and services in a marketplace cluttered with messaging across all media.... View Details
- Fast Answer
Angel investors
choose Investors & Buyers Click on Investor Types to expand menu and add Angel (Group), Angel (individual) or accelerator/incubator LSEG Workspace Click the Search Tools tab and select Private Equity/VC... View Details
Curtis L. Carlson
Carlson was the first entrepreneur to develop a loyalty program for the grocery chain through the issuance of Gold Bond trading stamps. What began as a simple loyalty program for grocers in the Midwest grew into one of the largest service providers of frequent shopper... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
maker earned a break when it managed to get a Best Buy buyer to take one of its vacuum cleaners home to test. The buyer was impressed. Fortunately for Dyson, Best Buy became the first U.S. retailer to stock... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 10 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
to clean it again through my novel filter. I had filed the patent. Lined up suppliers. Met the ridiculous margin requirements of a Fortune 500 company. The category was declining. Our last two product launches fared poorly. The buyer... View Details
- 26 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
to clean it again through my novel filter. I had filed the patent. Lined up suppliers. Met the ridiculous margin requirements of a Fortune 500 company. The category was declining. Our last two product launches fared poorly. The buyer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Condo Mania
Biscayne Bay. Someday, Sternlicht believes, wealthy buyers will want to live there; right now, he concedes, “this looks like an abandoned property. We have to make it look like it’s alive” (New York Times, May 30, 2010). Sternlicht became... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Renaissance Man
Now 84, he’s a bit sad to say goodbye to his old friends but sees the auctions as a logical way to spare his children the hassle and pass along the books to buyers who will care for them. The memories and friendships he’s made over the... View Details
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How can I find socially responsible private equity or venture capital funds?
Search and choose, Investors & Buyers From Investors & Buyers menu choose, All funds Under Deal Criteria, look for Industries, Verticals & Keywords and click on search box to open menu From menu click on + sign... View Details
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Private investments in public equity
Results. In PitchBook Go to Advanced Search and choose Investors & Buyers Go to Deal Types and from "Other Private Equity Types" choose PIPE Add any remaining criteria and hit "search' View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
works a year from emerging Japanese artists and then displays them in galleries and the company’s offices before selling them at a charity auction, where the artists and buyers can meet. The money raised goes to scholarship funds for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Downhill Re-Boot
remains to be seen is whether buyers will pony up the suggested retail price of $1,295 per pair. Hanson, a pioneer of the rear-entry boot, acknowledges that “in this very, very difficult economy,” there is “some skepticism around making... View Details